Ingredients
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1/8 cup apple cider vinegar
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6 teaspoons pure maple syrup
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4 teaspoons Dijon mustard
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1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley
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1 pinch salt
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1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
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1/2 cup good quality olive oil
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100 g mixed salad salad leaves
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1 carrot, julienned o.r ribboned
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16 cherry tomatoes, cut in halves
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1 small red onion, thinly sliced
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1 lebanese cucumber, sliced
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4 hard-boiled eggs, sliced into quarters lengthways
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20 olives, seeds removed (olive of your preference)
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4 teaspoons capers
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20 pecans
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3 cooked chicken breasts, cut into thin slices
Instructions
- For the vinaigrette- combine the cider vinegar, maple syrup, Dijon mustard, parsley, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine and then whisk in the oil. Set aside.
- Arrange the salad leaves in 4 bowls or on dinner plates.
- Top the salad leaves with the carrots, tomatoes,onion slices and the cucumber slices. Distribute evenly over the salads.
- If your preference is cold chicken in your salad, leave as is. I like to either use warm chicken or warm it in the microwave.
- Arrange the chicken over the 4 salad bowls.
- Next add 5 olives, 1 hard boiled egg and 1 teaspoon of capers to each salad.
- Crumble the pecans with your hands and distribute evenly over the top of the 4 salads.
- Whisk the vinaigrette before pouring some over each salad.
- Optional-can top salad with some snow pea sprouts (or sprouts of your choice) and a little shaved parmesan cheese if desired.